Sumner County Leader

Henry W. Brown Retired Farmer DiesHenry W. Brown, 67, Rt. 4, Gallatin, died Saturday in Sumner Memorial
Hospital after a brief illness. Services were held Sunday at Alexander
Funeral Home with the Rev. F. L. Ray officiating. Burial was in Crestview
Memorial Park. Brown, a retired farmer, was a native of Jackson County,
son of the late joseph an Nancy Jane Nelson Brown. he was a Baptist.
He is survived by a son, a daughter, two brothers - Johnny Brown, Gallatin,
and Hardy Brown, Portland, Tenn. and four grandchildren.

Mrs. Herschel Moody, 72, Rt. 1, Portland, died Tuesday in Highland
Hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today
at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church near Orlinda. The Rev. Ira Perkins
will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body
is at Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home. Mrs. Moody, the former Grace
Mathias, was a native of South Bend, Ind. She was a Baptist. She
is survived by her husband, a daughter, sister, Mrs. Ethel Porter of Portland,
three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

James H. Hill, 88, died yesterday at Highland Hospital following
a short illness. Funeral services will be held today at 2:00 p. m.
at Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home, with Rev. James Rowlett, pastor of
the Methodist Church, of which he was a member, officiating with burial in
Maple Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hill, long time resident of Portland, had
been in the lumber mill business for many years. He was native of Sumner
County, the son of Robert A. and Katherine Hodges Hill. Mr. Hill is
survived by one daughter, one son, one sister, Mrs. Rus Troutt, Portland;
and one granddaughter.

Westmoreland, Tenn.William Brown, 93, a member of the Sumner County Quarterly Court for
36 years, died Wed., December 20 at Mattie's Nursing Home, Gallatin.
Services were held December 22 at Westmoreland Methodist Church.
Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Brown was a native of
Sumner County, son of Martin and Frances Nelson Brown. He was elected
to the Sumner County Quarterly Court in 1904 and served until 1940. From
1902 until his retirement several years ago, he was a merchant, building
contractor and lumberman in Westmoreland. For five years he was a mail
carrier in the Westmoreland area. He was a charter member of the
Westmoreland Methodist Church and was one of the organizers of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank. his wife, Mrs. Prudence Gilliam Brown, died in
1957. Survivors include five sons, Earl and Harris, both of Westmoreland,
Paul G. of Sanford, Fla., Seaborn W. of Hutchison, Kan., and Collins Brown
of Gallatin; three daughters, Mrs. Paul Fountain of Athens, Ohio, Mrs E.
M. Monchette of Birmingham and Mrs. Lee Martin of Gadsden, Ala.; a sister,
Mrs. Ovie Harris of Westmoreland; 21 grandchildren and 24 great
grand-children.

Bobby Donald Scott, 34 farmer of Route 4, Portland, died Sunday
at his home of a gunshot wound. Sumner County Coroner Earl Bradley
said Scott shot himself in the head with a 16 gauge shotgun. Services
were held Monday at Harris-Donoho Funeral Home, Gallatin. Burial was
in Old Brush Cemetery near here. Scott was a native of Sumner County,
son of Mrs. Effie Mason Scott, of Portland, and the late Frank Scott. He
was a Baptist. Survivors are three sisters and two brothers.

Sandy Y. Brizendine, 71, Portland barber, died Tuesday at his home
of a heart attack. Services were held yesterday at Wilkinson and Wiseman
Funeral Home. The Rev. Charlie Harper officiated. Burial was
in Maple Hill Cemetery. Brizendine was a native of Sumner County, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lafay Brizendine. He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Sarah Brizendine; a step-daughter and stepson.

(No obits listed for January 11, 1962.)

(Thursday, January 18, 1962)

Holly Denise Gregory, 19 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ethridge
Gregory of Bowling Green, Ky., died of cancer Saturday in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville. Services were held Monday at Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral
Home here. Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery. The Gregory family
lived here until moving to Bowling Green several months ago. Holly,
who was born here, was stricken last September. Survivors, besides
her parents, are four brothers, a sister, and grandparents.

James Alfred Chandler, 72 retired farmer of Mitchellville, died
Sunday at his home of a heart attack. Services were held Tuesday at
Mitchellville General Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Chandler was a native of Robertson County, son of James R. and Eunice
Chandler. He lived in Sumner County in the Mitchellville Community
for the last 30 years. Chandler was a member of the Mitchellville Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Pearl Stewart Chandler; two sons, Foster
Chandler, Mitchellville, and Amon Chandler, Birmingham; four sisters, Mrs.
O. T. Elmore, Mrs. Amy Webster, Mrs. Mary Butler, Mrs. Mary Butler and Mrs.
Bennie Elemon, all of Springfield; and five grandchildren.

Clarence W. Kerley, 79, Columbia businessman, died Tuesday morning
in Maury County Hospital after a short illness. Services were held
yesterday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home. Dr. W. Clyde Martin,
officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia. Kerley
had lived in Columbia since 1936. He was senior partner in Kerley Furniture
Co. He was a native of Simpson County, Kentucky, son of James Eldon
and Mary Ella Harris Kerley. He married Edna McNeill of Mitchellville,
Tenn., in 1907. She survives. Kerley started business as a partner
with his father and two brothers in a store in Simpson County and later opened
a store in Portland, Tenn. where he lived until moving to Columbia. Other
survivors include a son, C. Allen Kerley, Columbia; a daughter, Mrs. DeWitt
Viar, Columbia; two brothers, J. Vernon Kerley, Portland, and C. E. Kerley,
Lewisburg, Tenn., and seven grandchildren.

Edward F. Ertner, 78, merchant of near Portland, died Monday at
his home of a heart attack. Funeral services were held yesterday at
Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home in Portland. Burial was in Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. He was a native of Russia. He
had lived in this country 70 years and in Portland 50 years. Survivors
included his widow, Mrs. Bertha Hlad Ertner; a daughter, Miss Faye Ertner,
Jellwood, Fla.; two sons Edward W. Ertner, Chicago and Dan Ertner, Gleridge,
NJ; three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Burysek, Portland, and Mrs. Anna Akummer and
Mrs. Mary Minnicks, both of Franklin, Ky.; a brother, Willie Ertner, Portland;
and five grandchildren.

Jesse A. Escue, 75, retired farmer of Route 2, Bethpage, died Saturday
in Chestnut Hill Sanitarium, Portland, after a long illness. Services
were held at Liberty Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Mount Vernon
Cemetery. Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home in charge. Escue
was a native of Sumner County, son of William and Lucinda Holmes Escue. He
was a Presbyterian. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Carrie Perry Escue;
a son, Jesse Escue, Bethpage; two grandchildren and a great grand-child.

Mrs. Rosie White, 76, of Cross Plains, died Tuesday at a Springfield,
Tenn., nursing home after a long illness. Services were held yesterday
at Barber Funeral home at Milldale with the Rev. Bruce Ousley officiating.
Burial was in the Link Cemetery in Sumner County. Mrs. White
was a native of Sumner County. She was a Baptist. She is survived
by her husband, Bailey White, two daughters, Mrs. Estil Honeycutt, Orlinda,
Tenn., and Mrs. James Groves, Nashville; a son Paul White, Lamont Community,
and 13 grandchildren.

Services for Johnnie Troutt, 67, retired farmer of Westmoreland,
were held Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery. Alexander Funeral Home in charge. Troutt died Friday
in Sumner County Memorial Hospital at Gallatin after a short illness. He
was native of Sumner County, son of Wallace and Rosie Allsom Troutt.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Silvie Graves Troutt; three sons Edgar
and George Troutt, Westmoreland; Clyde Troutt, Indianapolis; two daughters,
Mrs. Nellie Rippy, Gallatin, Mrs. Evelyn Troutt, Westmoreland; two half brothers,
Walter and Arthur Troutt, Portland, nine grandchildren and four great
grand-children.

(Thursday, January 25, 1962)

Funeral services were held Saturday, January 20, at 1:00 p.m., for Mrs.
Eva Susie Hunter, who died Friday at Giles Clinic in Gallatin. The
funeral, held at Mt. Vernon Methodist Church, was conducted by Rev. Marvin
L. Napier and W. D. Owens. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs
Hunter was the daughter of Robert L. and Ella Sherron Simpson. Survivors
are: one daughter, Mrs. Robert Reddick, Bethpage; one son, Robert D.
Hunter, Old Hickory; three sisters, Mrs. Gertie Martin, Bethpage; Mrs. Alvie
Fisher, Crawfordsville, Indiana; Mrs. Rosie Lee Parrish, Gallatin; and four
grandchildren. *(Susie S. Hunter, 17 Nov.
1890 - 19 Jan 1962 - Sumner County Cemetery Book)

Edward Pickett (Ned) Alexander, 69, of Gallatin, retired schoolteacher
and rural mail carrier, died Tuesday morning in Sumner Memorial Hospital
. Services were held yesterday at Harris-Donoho Funeral Home.
Charles E. Cobb officiated. Burial was in the Gallatin Cemetery.
Alexander was a native of Macon County, son of the late Dr. M. N. and
Betty Brockett Alexander. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He lived in Sumner County most of his life. He is survived by
his widow, the former Daffo Herod; two daughters, five sons, a brother, Charlie
Alexander, Bethpage, Tenn; a sister, Mrs. Maggie Clay, Nashville and nine
grandchildren.

Joseph Bolivar Payne, 75, a farmer of near Orlinda, died Saturday
in Madison Hospital. Services were held Sunday at Barber Funeral Home
in the Milldale community. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Payne was a native of Robertson County, son of William and Alice Wright
Payne. He was a Baptist. He as a Mason and a former tobacconist.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Anderson Payne; a daughter,
Mrs. Walton Link of Henderson, Ky., three sons, Douglas of Greeneville, Tenn.
Guy of Murfreesboro and Joseph of Orlinda; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Richards
of Orlinda and Mrs. W. H. McGlothlin of Portland, Tenn. two brothers,
W. B. Payne of Orlinda and A. W. Payne of Springfield, Tenn; six grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.

John L. Flowers, 78, White House carpenter, died at his home after
a short illness. Services were held Tuesday at Cole and Garrett Funeral
Home, White House. The Rev. Harmon Yates Jr. and the Rev. Oliver Jones
officiated. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery Nashville. A native
of Sumner County, Flowers had lived at White House 11 years. He lived
in Nashville for many years. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Methodist
Church. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. R. T. Jones, White House;
and two brothers, James T. Flowers, Madison, and C. C. Flowers, Nashville.

Mrs. Gerald Wilkinson, 38, Rt. 1, White House, died Saturday in
Highland Hospital, Portland, Tenn., after a long illness. Services
were held Sunday at Barber Funeral Home at White House. Burial was
in the Hillcrest Cemetery White House. Mrs. Wilkinson, the former Eula
Mai Jones, was a native of Sumner County. She was a member of the Church
of Christ. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Jones, Cottontown.

(Thursday, February 1, 1962)

Funeral services for Mrs. Cleveland Hughes, 71, of Portland were
held Monday at the Alexander Funeral Home in Gallatin. J. B. Gaither
officiated. Burial was in the Gallatin Cemetery. Mrs. Hughes
died Saturday at Highland Hospital after a short illness. She was a
native of Sumner County. The former Jennie Pearl Harris, she was the
daughter of Willie and Ella Carter Harris. She was a Methodist.
Survivors include two daughters of Portland, a sister, Mrs. Cora Tinch,
Gallatin, and five grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Brown, 84, of Portland, were held
at 1:30 Tuesday at Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church. The Rev. J.
M. Vaughn officiated. Burial was in Sherron Cemetery. The body
was at Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home in Portland. Mrs. Brown,
the former Anna Roberts, died here Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
T. S. Butt. She was native of Sumner County, daughter of Green and
Sarah Perdue Roberts. She was a Presbyterian. Other survivors
include a son, Elmore Brown, Mitchellville, Tennessee, eight grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.

Personals

Mrs. Paul West entertained with a birthday dinner at her home on Lake
Road to honor her husband on his fifty-third birthday anniversary Sunday.
Dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Billy West, Bob and Bud West, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles LInk and children, Mrs. Nannie West, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Fleming.

Mr. Walter Bailey has returned from Newsport, Ky. where he was called
last week, due to the death of his uncle, Mr. Wilmer Collopy.

Mr. and Mrs. Odell Young and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Blackburn, Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice O'Neal, attended the funeral of Mrs. Virgie Shafer in Old Hickory
on Friday.

Funeral services for Ragsdale Walter Lane Sr., 85, Springfield
garage owner, were held Monday at Barber Funeral Home at Elmwood Cemetery
Springfield. Mr. Lane died Saturday night at Jesse Holman Jones
Hospital. He was a native of Wilson County and was a member of the
Woodland Street Methodist Church. He was the son of Ransom and Frances
Griffin Lane and lived at Springfield for 40 years. Survivors include
his wife, Mrs. Viola Lettie Lane; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Wynne Jr., Nashville,
four sons, Everett Lane, Gadsden, Ala., Ernest and R. W. Lane, Jr., both
of Springfield, and Joseph R. Lane, Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. Florence
Groves and Mrs. Myrtle Deweese, both of Portland, Tenn.; three brothers Staley
Lane, Orlando, Tenn., Lex Lane, Portland, and Jesse Lane, Springfield; 12
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

We want to thank our friends and neighbors who were so kind and nice to
help out in every way during the loss of our loved one, Joe C. Price. Also
Dr. A. G. Dittes, Wilkinson and Wiseman, The Associated Funeral Home,
Springfield, the ones who sat up, the singers, Bro. John Christian, and the
ones who furnished the food and flowers or helped out in any way. May
God bless each and every one is our prayer. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Price.

(February 15, 1962)

Mrs. O. C. Whiteside, 87, of Bethpage, died Monday morning in Gallatin
Nursing Home. Services were held Tuesday at Bethpage Methodist Church.
Burial was in Bethpage Cemetery. mrs. Whiteside, the former Minnie
Moss, was a lifelong resident of Sumner County. She is survived by
a sister, Mrs. John L. Harris, Adolphus, Ky.

Funeral services for William E. Tarrents, 79, retired Portland
farmer, were held Tuesday at Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home. Burial
was in Hall Town Cemetery. Tarrents died Sunday at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Bill Rogers, Cottontown. He was a native of Sumner County.
Survivors include two sons, nine grandchildren, and 17
great-grandchildren.

Roy Stewart, 57, of White House, Tenn., died of pneumonia at 1:45
p. m. Sunday in Jesse Holman Jones Hospital, Springfield. Services
were held Tuesday at Cole and Garrett Funeral Home, White House. The
Rev. Harold Dean Smith officiated. Burial was in Hill Crest Cemetery.
Stewart was born in Cortland, Ala., but had lived in White House 15
years. He was married to the former Esterlene Covington, who survives.
Stewart was a Baptist. Other survivors include two daughters,
four brothers, Fred Stewart, Madison, Alex Stewart, Caldwell, Idaho, Wiley
Stewart, Spokane, Wash., and Eugene Stewart, Donelson; two sisters, Mrs.
Bub Wallin, Springfield, and Mrs. Jimmy Minor, Nashville, and a grandchild.

Personals

Mr. and Mrs. John Bradley and Mrs Wilburn Empson and Mr. and Mrs. Dayton
Bradley and family attended the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Bradley in Bethpage, Sunday.

(February 22, 1962)

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at Wilkinson and Wiseman
Funeral Home for Michael Hillman Adkins, infant son of Dudley and
Edith Adkins. Michael passed away at General Hospital in Nashville
Sunday after a short three day life span. John Lindsey was in charge
of the service. Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery. He is survived
by two brothers and two sisters.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Empson were in Nashville Friday night due to the
death of Mr. Frank H. Alley.

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Roney and Charlie of McMinnville, Tennessee gave a
surprise birthday dinner Sunday, February 18, at the Cordell Hull Hotel in
Gallatin to honor his mother Mrs. Lizzie B. Roney on her 80th birthday.